Big Brother 20: Live Feeds into Sunday Evening - July 29

The man with a plan?

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Grumbling Groundhogs:

• Rachel okayed being a pawn.
• Then she didn't want to be a pawn.
• She started throwing people under that reality TV bus and making up a thing or two.
• Don't be like Rachel.
• The beginning of yet another blindside is afoot.
• Or on hand.
• Something like that.
• Bayleigh isn't doing herself any favors by threatening people to work with her.
• Many still believe Scottie is the hinky vote this week. JC is working that for all it's worth.
• The people who don't think Scottie was the vote think that Rachel did it to frame Tyler.
• Angela is upset with Rachel. She told Tyler her loyalty is to him, not Rachel. Rachel is annoying her and saying things to Bayleigh about her.
• Brett, Fessy, JC and Tyler all talked about the girls alliance.
• Sam told Kaycee that she wants to protect her and Tyler "at all costs." According to her, Angela and Scottie could be replacement nominees.
• Sam would like the final three to be herself, Kaycee and Tyler.
• Some (Angela, Tyler and Kayxee) are scheming to frame Rachel to Bayleigh just before the veto ceremony.
• They think they can get Scottie's vote because he knows Rachel is after him.
• They think they have enough votes to save Brett.
• Hmm.
• The Have Nots for this week were the ones who did the worst in the last HoH comp -- Fessy, Tyler and Scottie.
• Fessy's best line of the day while talking to Haleigh and Bayleigh -- "I have no strategy."
• Heh. Really? We couldn't tell!
• The only hitch in all this planning is that Tyler would prefer not to use the veto and stay in good graces.
• About the only thing that Rachel hasn't blabbed is Bayleigh's power. 
• No matter who gets nominated next week, unless he's HoH, Tyler is in trouble if Brett doesn't go this week.
• Bayleigh would use her power to put him on the block. 

I should be queen!

We need a pool net. I can build one!

Groovin' on a Sunday afternoon.

Watching Scottie on the HoH spy cam.

Checking out Sam's terrarium.

Big Brother 20: HoH Comp, Nominations Show Blog Party - July 29

As the show airs here, I'll be live-blogging it -- refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please feel free to join in on the discussion!

Tonight we will see the HoH comp done after the live show (and blocked to the feeds) on Thursday night as well as nominations. Feed watchers already know the results and who won the Power of Veto. I ask that no one comments on those as this post is a spoiler-free zone. I will remove spoiler comments. You can talk about them on the live feeds posts as much as you wish.

We will patiently sit through the "previously on" segment. Now we get to hear Rockstar gloat over the results of the vote. Fessy is relieved. Tyler wants to know who did the hinky vote and he wants to clear his own name. He's on a mission! Fessy is upset that Haleigh thinks it was him. JC isn't owning up to it.

JC and Tyler try to deflect the vote controversy over onto Scottie. They seem to succeed.

HoH comp time! Information Superhighway. "Perfect Timing" Sit on top of your email, from out box to in box. The goal is to get there in eight seconds. It's a sliding thing. Closest to that time wins.

Bayleigh goes first. 8.08 uh-oh!
Tyler 10.98 
Haleigh 9.50
Brett CABLE WENT OUT
BACK ON
Fessy threw it and flew it - 4 seconds and a crash
Bayleigh is in the lead
Rachel is the last one - 10.04

BAYLEIGH is the new HoH

So, now she's the "queen of the house." We hear more than once that it was all for Swaggy. @@

Tyler is acting almost lovelorn and lost because Kaitlyn left. Bayleigh is buying it. Heh. Now she wants him on her team, thinks he's a free agent now and wants his loyalty. Heh.

Good, no more queen for a bit -- we get a fun segment on The Short and Tall of it with Fessy and JC.

The one-on-one's start. Haleigh thinks that Brett and JC might be good nominees. Bayleigh says Scottie is shady, maybe him. When Bayleigh talks to Scottie he denies the hinky vote and tells her he thinks it was Rachel. She treats him roughly (verbally) but tells us she will let him slide for now because she doesn't think he is after her.

Bayleigh talks to JC. She tells him that she won't put him up if he won't target him. He promises he has her back. (Lies.) She told him that she had been considering him as a pawn because everyone likes him.  He's worried and tells Fessy he needs to talk to Bayleigh. He tells her that JC would be loyal to her if she doesn't put him up. She told Fessy that his neck will be on the line if JC doesn't buck up and follow.

She seems to be on a real power trip. Dang ... she's big on threatening! Poor Fessy! And Haleigh backs her up! Sheesh. 

Bayleigh told Rachel that Scottie was blaming the vote on her. But she doesn't want to put him up. She tells her she wants Brett to go home. Then she tells her about her power app! Silly Bayleigh! Rachel agrees to go up as a pawn if she must.

Nominations Ceremony time. Bayleigh nominates Brett, then Rachel. She says Brett is the easiest to put up, been up before, no blood. Rachel, just because we haven't talked game. All business, nothing personal.

Big Brother 20: Live Feeds into Sunday Morning - July 29

Have Not feast party at midnight

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of What Will Tyler Do?:

• Here's what I could gather on the Veto Comp held during a huge feeds block yesterday -- It was strenuous with huge puzzle pieces. Sam timed out. Brett's time beat Bayleigh's time. His time was 11 minutes something. JC timed out -- Tyler said some of the puzzle pieces were just about as big as him and, while JC is strong, it definitely wasn't a comp for him.
• Oh. And Tyler won. His time was six minutes something.
• Now EVERYBODY wants to be his buddy!
• Of course, if Tyler were to save Brett, that would throw Bayleigh's plans awry. Brett is her target.
• Rachel and Brett think he'll use it to save Brett and JC will go on the block. They also think JC has a power. So, I wouldn't bet on their thoughts!
• Tyler told them he felt he had to win it because he thought he might be backdoored -- he himself needed the safety of the veto win.
• Hmm. I don't think it was to the backdoor point yet. But others have said the only way they will get him out is a backdoor.
• Tyler told them he was planning on using it and telling Bayleigh he knew of the backdoor plan.
• Hmm.
• They decide he should save Brett and get Bayleigh to put Scottie up in his place. They think Rachel would easily stay over Scott.
• When Tyler talked to Bayleigh, she told him she had no plans to backdoor him this week -- Brett is her target.
• She thinks they (Tyler and her) can work together.
• She wants him to keep the nominations the same.
• Tyler hinted around that he's close with Scottie as per the earlier plan to put Scottie in the nominations chair.
• We know Tyler is friends with everyone, but only some of them are in his inner circle.
• Bayleigh is sure that either Tyler or Scottie have the remaining power because "nobody else in the house has actually done anything."
• Tyler downplayed his relationship with Rachel to Bayleigh. (Earlier when he talked to Rachel and Brett, the plan was for him to save Brett because Bayleigh knows he's close to Brett but has no clue about Rachel's relationship to Tyler.)
• Bayleigh thinks of Scottie as a friend and would be reluctant to put him on the block. She doesn't think Scottie would ever target her.
• They discussed how close both of them (Bayleigh and Tyler) are with Sam, but how little she confides in them.
• Their talk ended with no commitment from Tyler. 
• But Bayleigh is sure he's leaving the nominations the same.
• Meanwhile, Rockstar is pushing for Brett to go because he was mean to her.
• Rockstar is getting weirder and weirder. Now she tends to sit, smiling to herself, spinning back and forth on stools and in some kind of trance.
• Eep.
• Meanwhile, Bayleigh is telling Rachel that Tyler wanted her to put Angela on the block as a replacement nom!
• Silly Bayleigh. She has no clue how close they are.
• She told Rachel that she will put up Tyler next week if he uses the veto.
• Remember, she went and spilled the beans to Rachel about her power.
• Yikes!
• Now Tyler is worried if he uses the veto, either Sam or Angela will go on the block.
• It seems that Bayleigh's lies do have the girls doubting Tyler.
• It's beginning to look like Tyler's best choice for himself would be not to use the veto and let Brett go.
• We'll see. 

How can I get in Tyler's head?

Tyler needs to save me.

What is Tyler going to do?

Everybody wants to be best friends now.

Tyler needs to save me.

Big Brother 20: Live Feeds, Power of Veto, Saturday - July 28

Waiting for the comp

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Waiting on a Comp:

• Most of the waking hours of today were blocked to the live feeds so they could do the veto comp.
• The veto players picked were Tyler, JC and Sam.
• JC would like to win to keep himself safe.
• Sam says she can't throw a comp, that's just not her.
• We know Tyler will do what's best for his own interests.
• Apparently it's quite the comp -- BB warned them to make sure they're properly hydrated for it.
• Hmm.
• Now, it's hot there, but ...! 
• So, it's all been a waiting game, first for them.
• And, now we've been waiting for over five hours for the feeds to return.
• I'm stalling this post until it does!
• The feeds are back over six hours later ... TYLER is wearing the PoV necklace.

 

The feeds finally came back

Big Brother 20: Live Feeds into Saturday - July 28

Up and preparing food for people

Here's the latest from inside that Big Brother House of Antsy Hamsters:

• For the most part, last night was a bit uneventful.
• Sam decided she had enough of the ants when she found them in the coffeemaker.
• To be honest, I have no clue other than commercial remedies to control ants. I've never had ant problems, but the BB House ALWAYS has ant issues.
• Sam, on the other hand, knows her ant stuff! She prepared a rather complex trap and within minutes, had hundreds of ants in it!
• Bayleigh is sure that either Scottie or JC have the other power remaining in the house.
• That's why she's reluctant to put either of them up, even as a replacement nominee.
• But her promises of safety to others, which she intends on keeping, leave only Scottie or JC as possible renoms if the veto is used.
• Her target is Brett -- remember it's Brett and Rachel on the block.
• She told Rachel she doesn't want the veto used and doesn't want Rachel to win it and save herself. 
• Rachel, deservedly antsy because she's on the block, would prefer off the block.
• Bayleigh ended up saying she will save Rachel if she (Bayleigh) wins the veto. She told Rachel she wants to work with both her and Fessy going forward -- wants one of them to win the next HoH. But she worries about them both.
• Hmm.
• Bayleigh had a long talk with JC, prying for goods on all ... especially Fessy.
• Then she talked to Fessy, telling him that JC told her that he (Fessy) was solely responsible for JC not being on the block this week. Fessy admitted he told him that.
• The talk ended up with Bayleigh schooling Fessy that BB is game of sneakiness and dishonesty even if that's not how he is outside the house.
• Fessy says that it's hard for him to be that way because that's just not how he naturally lives life outside the house.
• I believe it. I believe Fessy is genuinely a nice guy. I also don't think he's optimal material for BB. Not only does he not really know BB, he is way too trusting and naive.
• He mentioned he'd love to go on The Amazing Race with JC as a partner. Now, THAT actually would be more fitting for him!
• Veto is later today.   

Rachel is very worried

Quizzing JC for what he knows

Getting BB schooled by Bayleigh

Orwell is going to need counseling

Building a better ant-trap